Axcess Acadia

Inclusive Post Secondary Education

Axcess Acadia is a participatory audit program offered as a collaboration between The School of Education and the Department of Community Development. The program partners with and is funded by the Department of Labour and Advanced Education, Postsecondary Disability Services. For more information contact the Axcess Acadia Coordinator.

Axcess Acadia students will graduate with a certificate of completion in:

Arts

Science

Professional Studies

Interdisciplinary Studies

Axcess Acadia is an inclusive Post Secondary Education program at Acadia University.Axcess Acadia was developed to address the need for inclusive post secondary education in the Atlantic Provinces. Axcess Acadia is for students who self identify as having a disability (intellectual, developmental, or learning) and who would not meet the current admission criteria set by the university.

Program Overview

Axcess Acadia students will choose courses in which they are interested and that will relate to individualized learning goals and to potential employment paths.

Axcess Acadia students will receive support to engage in the participatory audit of regular classes, to participate in campus activities, and to engage in social activities with their peers.

Support will be facilitated and provided by Axcess Acadia staff, peer mentors, and student volunteers.

Axcess Acadia students may attend for approximately four years.

Maximum program enrollment in any year is five Axcess Acadia students.

After Axcess Acadia students have completed a minimum of 2 years of participation and completed their program according to their personalized plans, they will receive a certificate along with a detailed learning transcript.